Geek Out About Weather
Severe weather is in the forecast for our area today, and many of us here in the office have been interested in better ways of keeping an eye on the weather. I'm a big fan of the National ...
Geek Out About Weather
Commuting in the rain?
Three years ago I had a debate with someone about why they didn't cycle to work in Oxford. "Because it's too wet," was their main excuse. Being a keen cyclist, I knew that it didn't really rain that much, and even on days it rained,...
Corrupted Windows 7 (or Vista) Profile
Since I have had to do this a few times now, I thought I would whip up a blog on the quick and easy way to fix this issue. The problem is when a user logs into a domain machine with Windows 7 and gets...
Sparkbars in tooltips
You may have read my post on the bar-chart tooltip, or seen it on the Tableau Knowledge Base. That was always something I was proud of. When Tableau released v6, and with it Table Calculations, I suspected there was a way to extend it. Once...
Illustrations featured on IllustrationServed.com: a creative professionals design outlet
Illustration has been a part of my professional life for about 12 years. The moment I was able to hold a crayon it was on. If you dare, ask my mom about everything I would draw on. My skills have improved slightly since then. I've...
Terrific tooltip tricks: European conference session
Thanks for visiting the blog - if you are visiting here as a result of my Tableau European Customer Conference session, welcome along. The best way to keep up to date with new posts is via my twitter feed (@acotgreave). My session was all about tooltips,...
Tips from the Techy, volume 4
This last minute blog is something that is beneficial for Windows 7. So after you install one of several Windows 7versions, you will still need to make one adjustments RATE YOUR COMPUTER: 1. Click on Start (the Windows icon in the lower left-hand corner) 2. Right-click on Computer and...
How to Telnet onto a ShoreTel Switch
To Telnet onto a ShoreTel switch you first have to enable Telnet on it. Keep in mind that this will only temporarily enable telnet, and you will need to run this command every time you want to connect to the switch. First, Log onto the shoretel...
InterWorks, Inc. Develops Game for Hoodwinked Too! Film
InterWorks, Inc.— Hoodwinked Too! Decoder Game for Android Kanbar Entertainment, LLC. recently teamed with Stillwater-based company, InterWorks, Inc. to develop an Android game based on Kanbar’s film “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil.” The film is the second installment of the “Hoodwinked!” series and is set to...
How to Create Active Directory Shortcut in Windows Server 2003 and 2008
Overview As a server administrator, I frequently use Active Directory for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. However, for many of the servers I administer, I don't always use the administrative account to log on to a server, but instead I use an alternative...
